I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him as a father punishes his son.

He will say to me, 'You are my father and my God; you are my protector and savior.'

I will always keep my promise to him, and my covenant with him will last forever.

His dynasty will be as permanent as the sky; a descendant of his will always be king.

if they disregard my instructions and do not keep my commandments,

But I will not stop loving David or fail to keep my promise to him.

"Once and for all I have promised by my holy name: I will never lie to David.

It will be as permanent as the moon, that faithful witness in the sky."

"Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life! I will make a lasting covenant with you and give you the blessings I promised to David.

For God never said to any of his angels, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father." Nor did God say about any angel, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son."

"I will announce," says the king, "what the LORD has declared. He said to me: 'You are my son; today I have become your father.

and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection.

A voice said from the cloud, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen---listen to him!"

The Father loves his Son and has put everything in his power.

But I will not withdraw my support from him as I did from Saul, whom I removed so that you could be king.

You will always have descendants, and I will make your kingdom last forever. Your dynasty will never end.' "

However, for the sake of your father David I will not do this in your lifetime, but during the reign of your son.

And I will not take the whole kingdom away from him; instead, I will leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have made my own."

but I will let Solomon's son keep one tribe, so that I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshiped.

He will be the one to build a temple for me, and I will make sure that his dynasty continues forever.

instead of consulting the LORD. So the LORD killed him and gave control of the kingdom to David son of Jesse.

Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today and given it to someone who is a better man than you.